W. H. (William Henry) Smyth (1788–1865) has one book in the BigBookHub catalogue: The Sailor's Word-Book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautica….
An alphabetical dictionary of nautical terms, including some military and scientific vocabulary and archaic words from early voyagers. It opens with a preface by Vice-Admiral Sir E. Belcher and an introduction explaining why Smyth compiled it.